May 17 - Governor greets Austrian Ambassador
During his visit to Gibraltar, the Austrian Ambassador to the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland His Excellency Dr Emil Brix, made a courtesy call to His Excellency the Governor Sir Adrian Johns.
May 17 - Picardo Tells German Newspaper 'Gibraltar is Silicon Valley of Online Gaming'
Chief Minister Fabian Picardo was last week interviewed by German newspaper Frankfurter Allegmeine Zeitung correspondent Leo Wieland, in Madrid. Responding to questions on the 300th anniversary of the Treaty of Utrecht Mr. Picardo explained that the treaty does not give cause for celebration, ‘as, among other reasons, it was formulated in a highly discriminatory manner. For example, it does not allow Jews or Moors to settle there. For this reason, this is a year of commemoration of a historic moment but not an occasion to set off fireworks.’
Gibraltar Crime Report for 16th May
Media – Police Reports
From 0700hrs 16/05/13 to 0700hrs 17/05/13
Arrests
1 person arrested for Threatening Behaviour
1 person for Concealing Tobacco
1 person arrested for Driving whilst disqualified
1 person arrested for Making a Disturbance
2 persons arrested on warrants
May 17 - Government will expose Opposition inconsistencies and govern Gibraltar at the same time
There are clear inconsistencies between the Opposition’s recent statements and the actions of the GSD when it was in office. The Opposition must understand that the Government will continue to expose such inconsistencies because the current Government is happy, willing and able to criticise its predecessor and to govern Gibraltar at the same time.
The Opposition should also understand that what they did in Government is far from irrelevant to the debate. It is actually crucial that the electorate understands that the GSD is now saying the opposite of what it used to do. The GSD is clearly very uncomfortable when references are made to the recent past, even though in 2011 they themselves were still referring back to the period before they came into office, some 23 years previously.
Indeed, even their latest statement on the issue of answering questions in Parliament and not in the media is itself full of inconsistencies. The Opposition now say that the practice of not issuing statements after Opposition questions have been received by a Government department exists to prevent the Government “from driving a coach and horses through questions lodged by the Opposition.” It would appear that the GSD while riding their coach and horses on the road to Damascus have undergone a conversion of similar or greater proportions.
